Trial reportJournal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)
Effect of treadmill training on specific gait parameters in older adults with frailty: case series.
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- Acceptability and effectiveness of stationary bike intervention on health outcomes among older adults: a systematic review of intervention studies.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- How gait influences frailty models and health-related outcomes in clinical-based and population-based studies: a systematic review.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2021Pooled it
- Frailty and technology: a systematic review of gait analysis in those with frailty.Gerontology · 2014Pooled it
- Overground, conventional treadmill, and aquatic treadmill walking joint kinematics differ in typically developing children and adolescents.Journal of biomechanics · 2025Article
- Dose-response relationship of treadmill perturbation-based balance training for improving reactive balance in older adults at risk of falling: results of the FEATURE randomized controlled pilot trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
- The effect of incline walking on lower extremity and trunk mechanics in older adults.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
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- Muscle activation and rating of perceived exertion of typically developing children during DRY and aquatic treadmill walking.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2023Article
- Low composite functional movement screen score associated with decline of gait stability in young adults.PeerJ · 2021Article
- Association between Gait Variability and Gait-Ability Decline in Elderly Women with Subthreshold Insomnia Stage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Gait Characteristics Based on Shoe-Type Inertial Measurement Units in Healthy Young Adults during Treadmill Walking.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of a Treadmill Training Programme in Improving the Postural Balance on Institutionalized Older Adults.Journal of aging research · 2020Article
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- High-Technology Based Gait Assessment in Frail People: Associations between Spatio-Temporal and Three-Dimensional Gait Characteristics with Frailty Status across Four Different Frailty Measures.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Article
- Health benefits of cycle ergometer training for older adults over 70: a review.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2015Review
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Abstract
background and purposeTreadmill-walking training (TWT) as an intervention to improve the gait of frail older adults has not been well studied. In this pilot study, we describe the feasibility, tolerance, and effect of TWT on specific gait parameters during overground walking in 4 frail older adults as a prelude to developing larger-scale exercise intervention trials in this high-risk population. CASE DESCRIPTION: Four community-residing frail older individuals (age > 70 years) with Mini-Mental State Examination score of 26 or higher and no activity limitations. Frailty was defined as the presence of at least 3 of the following 5 attributes: slow gait (<1 m/s); unintentional weight loss (>10 lb in prior year); self-report of poor grip strength; exhaustion; and low level of physical activity.
interventionThe TWT consisted of 24 sessions (3 times per week for 8 weeks). Five quantitative gait parameters (velocity, stride length, swing time, percentage of double support phase, and coefficient of variation [COV] of stride length) during overground walking were measured at baseline, weekly during training, and immediately post-TWT. OUTCOME: All participants tolerated TWT without significant complications. Following TWT, gait velocity increased in all participants by 6.4 to 26.8 cm/s, which was larger than the reported value for meaningful change in gait velocity (4 cm/s). Stride length and double support phase also showed improvement in all participants (mean percentage increase of 10.8% for stride length and 17.1% reduction for double support phase posttraining compared with baseline). Swing time improved in 3 participants (mean reduction of 4.5%). The COV of stride length did not show consistent improvement. DISCUSSION: This case series shows that TWT is feasible and well tolerated by frail older adults and may improve most gait parameters in this high-risk population.
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